Aequipecten tehuelchus is a species of bivalves belonging to the family Pectinidae.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Pectinida |
| Family: | Pectinidae |
| Genus: | Aequipecten |
| Species: | A. tehuelchus
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| Binomial name | |
| Aequipecten tehuelchus (d'Orbigny, 1842)
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The species is found in South America.[1] Its shell changes shape and size in three different stages throughout its lifetime: spat, juvenile, and adult.[2]
References
edit- ^ a b "Aequipecten tehuelchus (d'Orbigny, 1842)". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 10 October 2021.
- ^ Márquez, F; Amoroso, R; Gowland Sainz, Mf; Van der Molen, S (14 December 2010). "Shell morphology changes in the scallop Aequipecten tehuelchus during its life span: a geometric morphometric approach" (PDF). Aquatic Biology. 11 (2): 149–155. doi:10.3354/ab00301. Retrieved 20 February 2022.
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